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Where is the lie: Slowest Creatures Meme

This is a comparison style relatable meme. The top section has a header reading 'The slowest creatures:' followed by images of two widely recognized slow-moving animals: a snail labeled 'Snail' and a turtle labeled 'Turtle'. The next section leads with the text 'I'll be ready in 5 minutes', followed by a photo of a woman sitting in front of a bathroom mirror carefully applying eyeliner makeup. The joke satirizes the common experience of waiting for someone who claims they will be ready to leave in 5 minutes, but actually takes a far longer amount of time to finish getting ready, implying that these people are even slower than snails and turtles. The original title of the post is 'Where is the lie', asking viewers to agree that the comparison is accurate.
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The slowest creatures: Snail, Turtle, I'll be ready in 5 minutes

Overview

This is a comparison style relatable meme. The top section has a header reading 'The slowest creatures:' followed by images of two widely recognized slow-moving animals: a snail labeled 'Snail' and a turtle labeled 'Turtle'. The next section leads with the text 'I'll be ready in 5 minutes', followed by a photo of a woman sitting in front of a bathroom mirror carefully applying eyeliner makeup. The joke satirizes the common experience of waiting for someone who claims they will be ready to leave in 5 minutes, but actually takes a far longer amount of time to finish getting ready, implying that these people are even slower than snails and turtles. The original title of the post is 'Where is the lie', asking viewers to agree that the comparison is accurate.

Origin notes

This meme originates from a post on the Reddit r/meme subreddit, shared with the title 'Where is the lie'. It uses a popular comparison meme format that frames relatable everyday annoyances as being more extreme than well-known extreme examples (in this case, slow animals). It has been widely shared across other social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram and TikTok due to its highly relatable premise about waiting for people who are slow to get ready.

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